ASTM D2825-96

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Designation: D 2825 – 96
Standard Terminology Relating to
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Polishes and Related Materials
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 2825; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
GENERAL nonvolatiles—materials remaining after the loss of volatile
components.
buffable—capable of improvement in gloss or general appear-
polish—a temporary coating that enhances the appearance and
ance, or both, of a polish film by a mechanical action.
may protect the substrate to which it is applied.
build-up—condition resulting from lack of self-sensitivity in a
recoatability—the application characteristics of a polish and
polish, whereby new film deposits over old, with little or no
the appearance of the film after successive coatings to a
self-cleaning action.
surface.
burnishing—enhancement of the appearance of a polish
soil—solid foreign matter embedded in or adhered on the
accomplished by dry mechanical abrasion with a suitable
surface.
machine and accessories.
speed relating to rotary disc floor machines—low speed: up
cleaning—removal of marks, dust, and other extraneous ma-
to 800 R.P.M., high speed: more then 800 R.P.M. but less
terials from the surface.
than 1500 R.P.M., and ultra high speed: 1500 R.P.M. or
coagulum—an agglomerate of particles.
more.
creaming—the separation of a layer of the dispersed phase of
NOTE 1—Effectiveness of the floor machine depends upon machine
an emulsion polish to the surface of the liquid continuous
weight and pad diameter as well as R.P.M.’s.
phase.
depth of gloss—the optical phenomenon of relative depth
spreading—the action of flowing out over a surface during
perceived when viewing reflective surfaces.
application.
detergent resistance—the degree to which a polish film
stain—discoloration by foreign matter.
exhibits no apparent deterioration when spotted or cleaned
streaking—nonuniform deposition of a polish film.
with a solution of a nonabrasive, nonammoniacal detergent.
volatile solvent—a nonaqueous liquid that evaporates readily
distinctness of image—degree of clarity exhibited by images
at room temperature and atmospheric pressure.
reflected from a surface.
water beading—surface property that causes the formation of
drag—physical resistance to spreading of a polish.
discrete water droplets on the polished surface.
dry bright polish—a polish that dries to a gloss without
water spotting—change in appearance of surface resulting
buffing.
solely from the action of cool water.
ease of use—cumulative effect of drag encountered in appli-
wetting—the property of a polish to uniformly and completely
cation or removal, or both, and the amount of time required
contact the solid surface to which it is applied.
to achieve the desired finish.
film clarity—characteristic of a deposited film which permits FLOOR POLISH
an unobstructed view of the substrate.
black marking—black marks on a flooring surface usually
gloss retention—maintenance of gloss of a film under normal
caused by the impact of the soles and heels of footwear.
use conditions.
buffing-type of floor polish—a floor polish that requires
haze—film whose clarity is impaired with varying degrees of
buffing to maintain or enhance appearance, or both.
opacity.
fracture—a rupture or break of the polish film (usually
leveling—the property of a freshly spread polish to dry to a
multiple).
uniform and streak-free appearance.
powdering—partial or total disintegration of the polish film
mar—mutilation of polish film reparable only by recoating.
resulting in a fine, light-colored material.
rubber heel marking—the mechanical transfer of coloring
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This terminology is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D-21 on matter from rubber heels to surfaces.
Polishes and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D21.91 on Terminology
scratch—damage resulting from the movement of a hard
and Editorial Review.
pointed object.
Current edition approved Jan. 10, 1996. Published July 1998. Originally
scuff—disfigurement of polish film resulting from the abrading
published as D 2825 – 69. Last previous edition D 2825 – 88.
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D 2825
or scraping action repairable without recoating. after being disturbed by fingerprints, marks, etc.
self-polishing-type floor polis
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